Preparing to Virtualize and Publish the Virtualized APIs

Step	Where to Go for Procedures
(Specific for API-Portal) Configure design-time and change-time policies using the predefined policies Publish to API-Portal and Unpublish from API-Portal. This step is needed only if your organization requires design-time governance.	Section on the design/change-time policies for API-Portal in Working with the CentraSite Business UI
Set up approval and onboarding workflows in CentraSite.	Section on the predefined policies for API management in Working with the CentraSite Business UI
Create a native API in CentraSite.	Sections on creating a Native SOAP-based API in Working with the CentraSite Business UI and Native REST API in Working with REST-based APIs in CentraSite
Create a virtual proxy alias for the native API in CentraSite.	Section on creating a virtualized API in Creating Virtualized APIs
Configure run-time enforcement for the virtualized API you want to expose.	Section on assigning the policy actions to the virtualized API in Assigning Run-Time Actions to a Virtual API
Ensure that the run-time policies for the virtualized API are active.	Section on activating a run-time policy in Working with the CentraSite Business UI
Configure consumption settings for the native API.	Section on configuring the native API's consumption settings in API key management policies in Working with the CentraSite Business UI
Create an instance of Mediator gateway, for example, webMethods Mediator in CentraSite.	Section on registering a Mediator instance with CentraSite in Creating and Managing Gateways
Create an instance of API-Portal gateway, for example, webMethods API-Portal in CentraSite.	Section on registering an API-Portal instance with CentraSite in Working with the CentraSite Business UI
Ensure that the Mediator gateway's specified deployment URL is active and the user credentials of Integration Server are valid.	Section on creating and managing Mediator gateways in Creating and Managing Gateways
Publish the virtualized API to Mediator and webMethods API-Portal gateways.	Section on publishing the native API and/or virtualized APIs to the Mediator and webMethods API-Portal gateways in Publishing and Unpublishing APIs to and from Gateways